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But every other thread in Cong also doesn’t need to have a place here. It’s literally an off-topic forum. If we just want to be a Pokémon forum, nuke the Cong subforum. The politics thread holds merit because it contains and provides a platform for the types of discussions that generate...

We’ve just had a very lengthy (and pleasant) political discussion in the graveyard of the current mafia game. A running theme throughout it was “lol it would be nice if the Smogon thread still existed” (none of these comments by me). I understand that a politics thread can be a hassle to...

Aye, got a niche bug I think: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9superstaffbrosultimate-2117842573 - Meteordash used Plagiarise on dhelmise, getting Biotic Orb - First Biotic Orb worked fine -- it was a damaging Biotic Orb because both mons were above 50% HP - Second Biotic Orb was a...

Won in 3, GGs! https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7battlefactory-2117788073-mjzb7649rrboidz40jctxmb81zhlxo1pw https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8battlefactory-2117795457-0dm5nm0aazqoshtkv7crhk1gn1gwnw3pw...

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I’m just casually adding my support to the DryPass unban. I have supported this for a very long time, as DryPass is a perfectly balanced move. It doesn’t matter how few currently competitive Pokémon this unban will benefit, as it is a normatively beneficial decision. Pokémon may rise in...

For gens 1-7 you can use any Pokémon from a past generation. This is because you can trade them forward to the game (in this case Platinum) that Gen 4 OU is played on. For gens 8 and 9 you can't trade forward every Pokémon, so some older Pokémon cannot be used. These will not appear in the...

We’re matched for battle factory open. I’m +1, prefer to play in evenings

Scrapping the set is already a slated change for the next patch so uh, yes we can. (I’d prefer to try LO first but people like webs)

OTOH I am gonna theorise which ones could be, because it's an interesting enough exercise :P One that quickly stands out to me, and only because Psychic-Type is already super-effective on Poison-Type, is the Psychic- and Poison-Type. That one has never made all that much sense, and Poison-Type...

Eh maybe. (no one cares, but my feeling is Chimera is actively unfun, and it’d probably be the first spotlight tour so far I wouldn’t play. But there’s a significant playerbase so if they win the poll they earn it).

The randbats community lived in peace and harmony, once. This was before the great Chimera War of 2024, where two distinct factions emerged…

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I think the main issue with both Mega and Gmax designs is that the design team was probably commanded to give those forms to certain Pokémon even though they didn’t have creativity for it. I always think about how Flygon was supposed to get a Mega but they couldn’t think of a good design for it...

I'd argue differently to this. The optimal way to execute the Ponyta-Galar concept is to simply... not have it evolve. If we're being honest, Ponyta-Galar is a design that above all else appeals to the young girls demographic of Pokémon players. Ponyta-Galar is, in fact, one of my 4 year old...

The Veluza use Fillet Away before chasing the player, probably. Of course that’s not backed up mechanically, since the Veluza aren’t at half health when they encounter you… but also, it would be really cool if they were, and I still imagine this is the idea behind their overworld behaviour...

Levitate is usually the only ability a Levitate Pokémon gets, so I suspect it has to do with that. Maybe some AI testing with Weezing should be done, play the same fight with a Weezing of each ability and see if it still recognises Levitate despite their being a chance of it being Neutralising...